Confection mold



' Patented Dec. 1, 19311 .EMMETT L. FOX, 01' HINTON, WES VIRGINIA GONFECTION V MOLD Application filed arch 31,1931. Serial No. saeesi.

i This invention relates to a confection mold and. more particularly to a mold for mean making a pop-corn confection andhas for its primary object to provide,- in a manneras hereinafter set forth, a device of "this character embodyinga novel construct on and arrangement of parts" whereby a mass or body of pop-corn may be expeditiouslycompressed and mounted on astick in a manner to giovide an attractive article of food;

her objects of the invention are to provide a confection of the characterdescribed which will be simple in construction, strong,

, durable, efficient and reliable in use and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of'the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and

wherein Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a mold constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2is a view in top plan thereof.

Figure 3 is a view in vertical section through the mold.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary View in vertical section through the base and showing the mold sections in rear elevation.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will my be seen that the reference numerall designates a flat base of any suitable material,

preferably wood having a pair of socket bearings 2 extending downwardly 'thereinto from its upper side for rotatably receiving the downwardly projecting lower end portions of the pintles 3 which are formed integrally with the vertical exposed fiat, metallic plates 4 having rigidly mounted thereon the complementary mold sections 5. The plates 4 4.5 are apertured for the passage of the screws 6 which secure the mold sections 5 thereon. It will thus be seen that the mold sections 5 are mounted for swinging movement in a horizontal plane toward and away from each other on the base 1. The mold sections its upper side, said socket member 9 being 5 are also formed from any suitable material, 7 preferably woodJ V I i j r The inner or oppos'edjsides of the mold sections 5 are provided with op osedgrooves or channels 7 which define a bore which merges. '55 1 with a concavity 8 provided by recesses in the upper endsfof the mold sections. The

base "1. is further provided with" a socket member 9; ext-ending downwardly thereinto from 7 disposed co-axially with the-bore between or in the mold sections 5 when said sections are in closed position. The socketmember'9 is for the reception of the lower end portion of a stick 10 which projects upwardly from the base between the mold sections. The popcorn is designated by the reference numeral 11 and is packed between the mold sections 3 around the upwardly projecting portion'of the stick 10 ,bya vra1n 12 which is adapted for reciprocation between the'mold sections and which is provided with the handle portion 13 at its upper end. p g

, On'its forwardside eacli'ofthe mold seo- W tions 5 has'mounted'thereon a handle 14: to '75 facilitate swinging the sections to open or closed position. One of themold sections'5 also has mounted for swinging movement on its forward side a suitable latch member or keeper 15 for engagement with a headed pin 1" 16 on the forward side of the other ofthe mold sections for releasably securing'sai'd sections together in closedposition; 7

secured by the elements 15 andj16. The popcorn which is coated with molasses is'theninsertedbetween the sections fromtheupp'er' V endthereof, the concavity 8 facilitat-ing'the 0 operation of placing thefpopborn in the'bore which is defined by the grooves ch nnels 7 in the sections. HTheram 12 is then lnserted in said bore and reclprocated in a manner to compress and pack pop-corn aroundthe stick.

In thismanner the pop-corn is formed into a Y substantially cylindrical mass or body which mounted on the stick 10. The moldsections 5 are then swung to open'positiong' as illustrated in broken lines in Figure 2 of th ijoo V scribed comprising a base, a pair of spaced" socket bearings 1n the base, a palr of com plementary mold sections,- v'ertlcal pintles rigidly mounted on the :mold sections and insertable for rotation inithe socket bearings in a manner to mount the mold sections for swinging movement in a horizontal plane to- Ward'and away from each other on the base, said mold sections having opposed channels in their inner sidesdefining a vertical bore when the sections are in closed pos'itioma sooketmember disposed in the base co-ax-ia-lly with the bore, said socket member for the reception of the' lower portion of a stick, the V bore beingvfor the-reception of the confection, and means reciprocable in the bore for com pressing and packing the confection around the stick. g

'2 A confection mold of the character described comprising a base, vertically disposed, spaced socket v bearings extending thereof, a pair of complementary mold secplates and depending therefrom into the socket bearings in a manner to mount the mold sections for swinging movement in a horizontal plane on the base, said mold sec-' I 7 sides extending vertically therein and defin- I tions having opposed channels in their inner ing a bore when the sections are in closed position, the upper portions of the sections further being formed to provide a concavity communicating withthe bore, a Vertically disposed socket memberr'extending downwardly into the base from the upper sidethereof and -di's'p'osed'co-axially with the bore, said socket member for the receptionofa stick in a man- Inerto support said stick in a vertical position centrally in the bore, said bore for the receptiontof the confection, a manually opera- .ble ram reciprocable in the bore'for packing 'the confection aroundthe stick in a manner to mountsaid confection on thestick, handles onthe mold sections for swinging said sections to open or closedpositiomand means on the mold" seamen): releasably' securing said-sectionsin closed position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

" EMMETT LFFOX.

. downwardly into the base fromthe upper side tions, elongated, flat plates rigidly secured on themold-sections, pintles formed integrally with the plates and depending therefrom into the socket hearings in a manner to mount the mold sections for swinging movement in a horizontal plane on the base, said mold "sections having opposed channels in their inner sides extending vertically therein and defin ng a bore whenthe sections are in closed position, the upper portions of the sections further being formed to provide a concavity; communicating with the bore, a

vertically disposed socket member extending downwardly into the base fromthe'upper side thereof anddisposed co-axially with the bore,

said socket member for the reception of a stick inanianner to support said stick in .a verticalposition centrally in the bore, said bore for the reception of the confection, a manually operable ram reciprocable in'the I bore for packing the'confection around the the stick,

1 3 .A confection mold of the character de scribed comprising a base, vertically disposed, spaced socket bearings extending downward- 1y; mto the base 'from'the upper side thereof,

7 a'pair of complementary mold sections, elongated, flat plates rigidly secured on the mold sections, pintles formed integrally with the "stick in a manner to mount said confection on 

